Chapter 78 - Investigation (5)

28 December, Central Police Station, City K

Having finished his teleconference call with the capital General Man opened the door of John Nang's officer and said "Mr Nang, could I have a quiet word please."

John moved into his office and closed the door behind him at General Man's signal. "Mr Nang, I have spoken to the relevant people at Military headquarters. Given the cover story we have in place it will enable time for investigations. We debated as to whether this should be a military, civilian or joint intelligence exercise to determine what happened, but given the target was Miss Yao, the decision was to leave the investigation in your hands."

"However, the information needs to be tightly controlled. We need no more than six people here, including yourself, knowing what happened and involved in the investigation. You need to completely trust them. In terms of the military here it will simply be myself and Warrant Officer Wang, who will act as a liaison between me and your team that know. Otherwise it is simply the family members of both that you have told."

"In the capital, I have spoken to a few officers, and someone will call you on your secure phone every three hours for an update. The first code phrase to know it is legitimate is 'LY Fashion is a national Icon' with the response 'No it is YL Fashion'. Once the person on the other end identifies themselves they will say 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.' Then they should give you the next code phrase to use in three hours with the next call."

"Given them an update as to what you have found out from your investigation and let them know if you need anything else. If Major Hung or anyone else from the base contact's you do not give them anything, as the decision, given it appears that the Devil is involved, is to limit who has information, as General Rong has always believed he has at least one informant in the military. If that is correct, limiting who knows minimises that the Devil finds out we are on to him."

John, paused considering what General Man had said, before saying "General, you know my role means that I have to cooperate with anyone from the military that asks for cooperation …"

"Mr Nang, you are, it is just those higher up who have decided who you are to communicate with. If there is any issue, you simply state that you have spoken to senior members of the military who are aware that your civilian investigation may have military impacts but have been directed to communicate with certain individuals that you cannot divulge. If there is anything further issues, direct them to speak to me. Your answer is completely truthful."

General Man, started a coughing fit, and slumped into a chair. John Nang, seeing this, paused wondering if he had done the right thing. Eventually when General Man stopped coughing, he looked at John and said "Do not worry, this is part of the issue that landed me in hospital. Can you arrange for a police vehicle to drive me back to the base, as I want Warrant Officer Wang to remain here so if something surfaces in your investigation soon you can send him to the base to speak to me."

John picked up the phone on his desk, and called out to the desk, making the arrangements to send General Man back to the base. As he walked out of his office, he turned to the three men he had called in, and said "I need your opinion gentleman, who are the two others in the team you totally trust and can get along with. After discussion matters with the General, we will be in here until Colonel Rong and Miss Yao are rescued working in shifts. As it appears that Miss Yao is the was the target not Colonel Rong, it has been deemed a civilian matter, but the military will be involved if needed to execute the rescue if we request it."

Debate raged for ten minutes as to the remaining two members to call in, and once they were finalised calls were made, while John Nang headed out to speak to the head of general duties to make arrangements for the staff over the next few days that were not in the working team, to work general duties. While he was not happy to facilitate such a request, having additional officers out and about would be a good thing.

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